Armless farmer builds mechanical hands

Hands on: Sun making an entry into his diary with the mechanical hands made by him. — China Daily

AN armless villager picked up a new life by equipping himself with homemade mechanical hands and helping hundreds of others who lost their hands to live a normal life.

Sun Jifa, now 63-years-old, is living in Guanma village in northeast China’s Jilin province. He joined the army and served as an artillery soldier in 1974.